Imported or Handmade Pottery and Tableware
These products often have leaded glazes that can get into food and beverages when these ceramics are used for cooking or storing food.

Imported Candies and Foods
This is especially true with food products from Mexico containing chili or tamarind. Lead is also found in candy, wrappers, pottery containers, and in certain ethnic foods, such as chapulines (dried grasshoppers).

Metal Jewelry
Lead is found in inexpensive children’s jewelry sold in vending machines across the country. It also has been found in inexpensive metal amulets worn for good luck or protection. Some costume jewelry designed for adults has also been found to contain lead